Oaxaca's Peasantries

Colin Clarke

Class, Ethnicity, and Community in Southern Mexico

Oaxaca's Peasantries

Colin Clarke

Description

The land reform in Mexico that followed the Revolution of 1910-17 helped to reconstitute peasant communities in the lowland areas of Oaxaca as a complement to the peasantries that had persisted from early colonial times at the higher altitudes. This book examines the history, production systems, and life styles of these communities, focussing in particular on their structure, ethnic movements, and political participation.

Class, Ethnicity, and Community in Southern Mexico

Oaxaca's Peasantries

Colin Clarke

Table of Contents

Part I. Historical Foundations of Peasantries 1. Peasantries in Colonial and Post-Independence Oaxaca (1520-1920)2. Peasantries in Post-Revolutionary Oaxaca: the State and Development (1920-1970)Part II. Peasants, Commercialization, and Urbanization 3. Peasant Production and the Environment4. Peasant Markets, Commercialization, and Urban Capitalism5. Migration, Urbanization, and ProletarianizationPart III. Ethnicity, Community, and Politics 6. Ethnic-Linguistic Groups: the Quest for Identity7. Community, Class, and the Rural Municipio8. PRI 'Hegemony' and Political DissentPart IV. Conclusion 9. Conclusion: Oaxaca's Peasantries in their Theoretical and National Contexts